The Ohio Independent Baptist, January 1965

First Sunday School not going to church or Sund,ay Sohool anywhere. The neare t ohurch wa abouit two miles away u 1 p and down hill. Mo t of the e familie hiave from three to twelve children. We .tarted our Sunday School under a tree using logs, boxes, an_d snones for seats. We had service every Sund,ay during that first summer and not once were we stopped by rain! When Fall came and ·the a1ttendance in– creased , the present buildin1g was erected. It is only 16 1by 30 feet and sea ts 76. We ,have .had a many as 134 ait one time wiith ome tand- . ing, and others holding ,a li,ttle tot. We serve free meals •to transient men, women or ahildren who come into the Mission. There is a complete turkey dinner with all the trimmings served 8!t Thanks,giViing ,a,nd Chris1:mia . In the past 24 years and 9 mon,~hs, we have fed 444,248 hungry men, women and children. Before the men are regiistered for a bed for the night, they are expected to attend our Gospel service, A service LET YOUR SAVINGS INCREASE AND WORK FOR THE LORD Grace Baptist Church Kent, Ohio needs $10,000 to purchase 4-acre church building si te 6 0;0 on 1 0-yea r Iand contract Write or Call: Glen E. Crabb, Pastor 236 E. Williams Kent, Ohio THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST i held every night in Lhe yoar! After the men regi ter they arc taken to OL1r dorn1itory where they are required 1 to take a hower and ,put on one of our c lean night 1hir,t . Their clothe are ,put in the fumi ga ting room over night. 4,072 1have confessed Chri ,t .as their Saviour in the paSlt rtJwenty-four year 13.nd nine mon1lhs. Thi !include Present Lewis Hollow Outpost building nightly Chapel serv,ices, Sunday Schoo,! at our Outpost, Door of Hope, jail services, ,and rperson·al work in ihos– p i taJs, 1homes, 1and w1hile workiing around 1t1he Mission, ,art: our rummage Zondervan Publishing House announces change in policy Zondervan PUJb~ishing House of Gr and R apids, Mich. ,announces the epariation 0 1f 1its en 1 tire retail book– tore operaition from ,the Publi bing House, effective Jan l. At the fir t meetin.g of the tock– holder of ith,e new corporation, known as Family Book Store of America, Inc. , ,the ifollowing offi,cer were elected: Pre ident, B. D. Zon– dervan, Sr.· Executive Vice-Pre Jdent, P. J. Zondervan ; Vice-Pre ident, Peter Kl adder. Additional member of the Men's dining room giveaw1ays, •and ervice held before we give ,out Ohristma basket . We never give 1anytJhing to anyone without telling them ithe Lord Je us Chr·i t, and giving them an o,pportuni– ty to accept Him a their Saviour! We ,are not in the ,hotel or restau – rian t busine , but ,in 1the ,oul saving bu ine ! Everyibhing we do i done for one purpo e: that we mright be ab]e to lead men, women ,and c1hildren to a sav;in,g knowledge of the Lord J~us Ohri t . Truly we can ay: The Lord h,a,bh done grerut ithings for ru ; whereoif we iare glad.' Palm 126:3. Kee,p remembering us to Him. Board of Direcitors ,are: C. E. (Ted) Andrew, B. D. Zondervan, Jr., F. W. Thatcher, William J . Zondervan Willi Cook and Robert Martin. Con ideration i bcin·g given to the pos ibilitie of eventual tock par– ticipation by qualiifjed retail book deaJ.er a well as by 1 the general public. MORMONS ARE LOST For Free Literature or a Speaker on Mormon ism, Please Write; MISSIONS TO THE MORMANS Post Office Box 207 Wh ittier, Cal if., 90608 LOS ANGELES BAPTIST COLLEGE NEWHALL, Dr. John R. Dunkin President - - & GRADUATE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY CALIFORNIA A CHRIST CENTERED COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES C. Lloyd Button, M. A. Dean • Six Maiors (A.B. & 8 . S. Degree) • Outstanding Faculty • Good Employment • ' 'Come and Enioy The Sun' ' • Lovely New Campus Write for Catalog Today - LABC.. . Newhall, Califorr1ia . JANUARY, 1965 PAGE 5